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Vermont Gazette, or Green Mountain Post Boy. Motto : ' Pliant as Recds, where streams of Freedom glide ;
' Firm as the Hills, to stem Oppression's tide.'
It was printed on a sheet of post size, and published weekly, on Monday, by Judah Paddock Spooner and Timothy Green." How long the Gazette was continued at Westminster does not precisely appear ; but it is evident it was not over a year or two ; for Mr. Thomas adds, on another page : "The firm [Spooner & Green] continued only a short time,"-and that Green, who owned the types and press, sold them to George Hough, who removed them to Windsor, and there formed a partnership with ALDEN SPOONER, who was a brother of Judah P. The 22d Volume of " Spooner's Vermont Journal," published at Windsor, was commenced in 1804, which indicates that Vol. I was begun in 1782. The " Vermont Gazette" of March 17, 1876, (published at Bennington) is number- ed 4810, which shows that it has been published about ninety-one years, or was commenced in 1785, three years after the Journal.
I knew Alden Spooner as a " brother craftsman" a few years- there may be a few of our elder townsmen present, who also knew him longer and more intimately, as a kind neighbor, an industri- ous, worthy citizen, who reared a large family, accumulated a handsome property, and died at a good old age. An anecdote of him I once heard when a boy, may illustrate a peculiar trait of his character as a politician, if not as a sectarian : " Can you tell me," said a new comer in town, to his neighbor B., "what meeting Squire Spooner attends ?" "No, indeed, sir," replied B., " for I have been out of town for nearly three weeks past."-I could con- tinue this reference to citizens of Windsor, (whose names and oc- cupations are familiar to me) during the years between 1818 and 1835, in which I was a resident here ; but I have already exceeded the limits allowed me; and yet I cannot close without a passing notice of a resident here, -a companion of my boyhood, and a fast friend in more mature years :
Soon after the destruction of the bridge over Mill-Brook, at the south end of the village, a temporary bridge had been erected fif- teen or twenty rods above the old one. On the 28th of March, 1824, in consequence of the rain and warm weather of the previous evening, the water rose so high as to excite fears for its safety. Capt. DAVID SMITH, in company with several gentlemen of the village, went to protect this temporary bridge from destruction by
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the floating ice and timber with which the stream was filled. The end of a large log had lodged against one of the string-pieces, and while in the act of pressing it down with a pole in Capt, Smith's hands, it slipped off the log, and he was precipitated into the mid- dle of the stream, then about two rods wide. The current being rapid, and Capt. S. having on a great-coat, he was unable to rise until he was nearly mid-way between the bridge and the upper dam, when he vainly attempted to gain the shore, and was seen again to rise, below said dam, and heard to call for help, and ap- peared to the agonized spectators to be on the point of gaining the shore, when he again disappeared. On the 30th of May following his body was accidentally discovered, lying on the west bank (at low-water mark) of Chase's island, just below the railroad bridge. Capt. S. was in his 32d year.
The "Vermont Republican" of March 31, 1824, concludes its account of this event as follows : "This afflictive dispensation has cast a gloom over our village which time only can dissipate. Capt. Smith was in the prime of life and usefulness, and in the success- ful tide of business prosperity, -a man of uncommon activity and perseverance-upright and honorable in all his transactions-high- ly esteemed as a citizen and neighbor, and will be deeply lamented by his extensive circle of friends and acquaintances. He has left a twice-bereaved wife, and one child,-two aged parents have lost a chief support in their declining years. Surely the disconsolate relatives may, in this deep affliction, feel how true is the poet's aphorism, that
"' The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord -is CABLE-to man's tender tie On earthly bliss : it breaks at every breeze !'"
WINDSOR AS IT IS.
I .- ITS LOCALITY.
T HE Town, as it is in July, 1876, differs in its locality from that of 1776 * only in its extent westward, the town of West Windsor hav- ing been constituted from that part offits territory in 1848. It embrac- es 11,062 acres of beautifully variegated surface of hill and valley, up- land and meadow, nearly every foot of which is arable and rich in pro- ducts of the forest or of culture. Mt. Asentney peers, as of old, high over all in the south-west corner of the Town. Bounded on the north by Hartland, on the east by Connecticut river, on the south by Weathers- field, and on the west by West Windsor, it presents a prospect to the observer as "beautiful for situation " as any which the eye discovers in the valley of the Connecticut. The village lies in latitude 43' 28' north, and in longitude 4º 33' 32" east of Washington.
II .- ITS POPULATION AND INDUSTRIES.
Windsor contains a population of about 2,000 souls, and it has 422 polls on the list. Its industries are chiefly agricultural, but they also em - brace largely the manufacturing, mechanical, and commercial pursuits. Within the limits of the village corporation there are 234 dwelling houses, and twenty shops, mills and factories. On the several streets there are dwelling houses as follows: Main street, 57 ; State, 47 ; River, 23; Bridge, 19; Ascutney, 16; Union, 15; Buena Vista, 15; Armory, 7; Pine, 7; Everett, C; Railway-east 5, west 4; Jacob, 6; Court, 5; Depot Avenue, 2 - inclusive of the old "Constitution House."
The following business blocks now exist in the village, viz : The JOURNAL Building, next door south of the Windsor House, on Main St.,
* The first permanent settlement of Windsor was made in August, 1764, by Capt. Steela Smith, who, with his family, removed from Farmington, Ct., to this town. The next season Maj. Elisha Hawley, Capt. Israel Curtis, Dea. Hezekiah Thompson, Thomas Cooper and some others came and made some improvements. The first child born in town was Samuel, son of Steele Smith.
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three stories, brick; Tontine, two stories, brick; Savings Bank, on State St., two stories, brick ; Miller & Stuart's Block, two stories, brick ; Hazen & Stiles' Block, corner Main and State Sts., three Stories, wood ; Merrifield Building, two stories, brick ; Jones, Lamson, & Co.'s Build- ing, at South End, two stories, brick ; Allen Wardner's Store, one sto- ry, wood; D. G. Billings' ( formerly J. & R. Mansfields' ) Building, two stories, brick ; Fay's Block, 23 stories, brick; Amsden's Block, at foot of Depot Avenue, 2} stories, brick ; Harlow & White's Block, head of Depot Avenue, east side of State St., three stories, brick ; Hubbard's Building, three stories, wood. Of the business firms and pursuits there are the following in the village, viz :
MANUFACTURERS. - H. H. Mawhinney & Co. ( Henry Poor, Superin- tendent ), L. W. Lawrence, Harvey Miller, Boots and Shoes ; Jones & Lamson Machine Co., R. D. Wynn, Machinery ; Francis Draper, Iron Foundry and Grist-mill; Rollin Amsden, Flour and Meal ; Barnard & Williams, Lumber; Jones, Lamson & Co., Print Cloths ; H. P. Mc- Clary, Alterable Signs and Job Printing; S. U. King & Co., Scythe Snaths ; Cook & Cole, Shingling Brackets.
MECHANICS AND ARTISANS .- The JOURNAL Company, Newspaper, Book, and Job. Printers, - Franklin Butler, President ; Chas. A. Covel, Patrick & Gilman, E. J. Silver, J. H. Boyd, L. Parker, Carpenters and Joiners; Calvin Thompson, Wheelwright ; James Carlin, J. F. Hazen, Harness-makers; Coats & Can, J. S. Farnsworth, Dudley C. Per- kins, Blacksmiths; D. G. & G. A. Billings, E. P. Kendall, Marble- workers ; Edward Brown, E. L. Patrick, A. C. Webb, Wm. Gilson, Wm. Micott, A. Thornton, E. S. Bessey, Painters and Glaziers ; Wentworth Stuart, John E. Watt, Ralph Howard, Tailors; W. W. Jones, M. V. B. Hurley, Hair-dressers; H. F. Morley, Photogra- pher; Geo. E. Chase, Mason.
MERCHANTS AND TRADERS .- Tuxbury & Stone, Hubbard & Fay, L. W. Stocker, Dry Goods and Groceries; J. A. Pollard C. J. Weston, Hardware; Miss Mary Herrick, Mrs. C. L. Hiland, Mrs. M. A. Har- low, Madame E. F. Eggleston, Millinery ; Thales B. Winn, Fred W. Spaulding, Jewelry ; C. W. Whitaker, S. L. Lawrence, Patrick Gallagher, Groceries; M. K. Paine, H. L. & G. E. Williams, Drugs and Medicines; H. W. Adams, Boots and Shoes; T. D. Tenney, Fur- niture ; E. F. Ifuggins, Books and Stationery; A. G. & E. G. Amsden, Sewing Machines and Musical Instruments; Geo. W. Thurston, Meat- market ; H. F. Thompson, Fish and Oysters; Rollin Amsden, Coal, Lumber, etc .; II. M. Morgan, Restaurant.
NOTARIES PUBLIC - Henry Wardner, Jona. B. Farnsworth, William Batchelder.
U. S. COMMISSIONER IN BANKRUPTCY -James N. Edminster.
INSURANCE AGENTS. - E. D. Sabine, J. B. Farnsworth, S. R. Stock- (r, Charles H. Gay.
LIVERY STABLE KEEPERS .- E. S. Stevens, G. R. Guernsey, and W. H. Tupper.
III .- ITS CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND LIBRARIES.
There are four churches in Windsor, viz : - Congregational ( Old South ), Rev. R. T. Searle, Pastor; Baptist, Rev. W. M. Mick. Pastor ; Episcopal ( St. Paul's ), Rev. T. J. Taylor, Rector; Methodist Episcopal, ( occupying the Unitarian edifice ), Rev. A. M. Folger, Pastor. The
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Roman Catholics hold services once in two weeks in the hall of Stiles & Hazen's block, and the Rev. Father Pigeon officiates.
The Town is divided into seven school districts, in the third of which there is a Graded High School, with a regular four-years' course of study. Its teachers are as follows :- Marsh O. Perkins, A. M., Principal ; Miss Rowena A. Pollard, Assistant ; graduates, June, 1875 : Lilla B. Horton, Nancy E. Whitton, Clara A. McIndoe, Jennie E. Mars. ton, Carrie Thompson, Fred I. Mann, Will Teahan, Will H. Hoisington, Frank P. Whitcomb, Will H. Stocker, Will L. Pierce, Windsor ; Angie E. Weld, Carrie A. Williams, Cornish, N. H .; Grammar School, Fan- Die G. Tuxbury ; Center Primary, Mary L. Hayes ; West Primary, Clara C. Twitchell; South Primary, Mary L. Clapp. District No. 1, Sarah Clapp; No. 2, Nellie L. Pettes ; no school in No. 4; No. 5, Alies E. Rollins ; No. 6, Lilla K. Fletcher ; No. 7, Miss Stearns.
Besides several private libraries, belonging to professional men, and those connected with Sabbath-schools, there is a library belonging t , the High School, containing a number of volumes, and a public library. called the Windsor Athenaeum Library, containing 2,000 volumes, Win. Batchelder, librarian, and it is owned and managed by stockholders.
IV .- ITS PUBLIC GROUNDS, INSTITUTIONS, AND BUILDINGS.
There are three public Commons in the village - the ancient "train- ing ground," near the South Church, the Court-house Common, near the old Court-house, and Buena Vista, at the South End. There are also three Cemeteries - one near the South Church, belonging to the Parish. another west of Ascutney street, belonging to the " Aseutney Cemetery Association "- Hiram Harlow, President; Dwight Tuxbury, Secretary and Treasurer ; and a third, west, near the Capt. Houghton place. The Vermont State Prison is located here, having now confined with - in its walls one hundred and eighteen convicts -of which 049 is a female and one is under sentence of death --- John F. Bailey, Superintendent ; S. A. G. Mower, Keeper. The Court-house and Post - office Building, for the use of the U. S. Circuit and District Courts of Vermont, erected in 1857-8, stands on the east side of Main street, direct- ly opposite to the Windsor House, and is in charge of A. G. Hatch, Esq. Post-master and Custodian, and is a substantial stincture for its pur- pose. The Town Hall, constructed from the old Court-house, is located on the north-east corner of the Common, and it partially answers the pur. poses of the citizens. Mr. William Butman has the charge of it. The · Depot of the Central Vermont Railway is a large and spacious building suitable for its uses, and is in charge of C. C. Butler, Station Agent and Telegraph Operator. The Express-office is in this building .- D. 1. Martin, Agent. The Windsor Savings Bank building occupies the sto of the old Windsor Bank, and, with the addition of a second story, is a good structure of its kind. The old granite vault is turned into a convenient fire-proof safe for the town records, - Alfred Hall, President; John T. Freeman, Esq., Treasurer. The Ascentney Nation. al Bank is located in the second story of Harlow & White's buil boys, at the north-west corner of Depot Avenue and Main streets, - Hon. Huam Harlow, President ; Henry Wardner, Esq., Cashier. There are three hotels in Town, viz : Windsor House, -J. H. Simmonds, Proprietor ; Ascutney House, - C. O. Durkee, Proprietor ; Dudley House, - Mrs. Mary Dudley, Proprietor.
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V .- ITS PROFESSIONS.
As in former days, so now, Windsor has its proportion of the learn- cd professions :
CLERGYMEN. - R. T. Searle, Franklin Butler, Congregational ; W. M. Mick, Baptist ; T. J. Taylor, Epsicopal ; A. M. Folger, David McIndoe, Methodist.
LAWYERS. - Jason Steele, Jona. B. Farnsworth, Jas. N. Edminster, William Batchelder.
PHYSICIANS. - Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D., Ripley Clark, Frederick L. Morso, Henry Furness.
DENTISTS. - Nathan G. HIale and Henry L. Williams.
VI .- ITS TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Hiram Harlow. Horace Weston, Alfred Hall ; clerk, Wm. Batchelder: treasurer, Dwight Tuxbury; constable, George W. Thurs- ton ; superintendent of schools, Frederick L. Morse; justices of the peace, John T. Freeman, Thales B. Winn, James A. Pollard, James N. Edminster, J. B. Farnsworth, Horace Weston, John F. Bailey.
VII .- ITS CIVIC AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.
MASONIC BODIESce Vermont Lodge, No. 18.
Nathan E. Bugbee, W. M .; Frederick L. Morse. S. W .; Mar-h O. Perkins, J. W .; Charles Hugh Gilchrist, Sceretuy ; Charles W. Whita- ker, Treasurer; Luther C. Parkhurst, S. D .; Lucien O. Williams, J. D .; William H. H. Perkins. S. S .; James N. Gilman, J. S .; Henry D. Stone, Marshal ; Pardon K. Whitney, Tyler. Communications Thursday, on or before the full of the moon -- 1876, July 6, August 3, August 31, September 28, October 26, November 30. December 28; 1877, January 25, February 22, March 29, April 26, May 21, June 21, July 19, August 23, September 20, October 18, November 15. December 20.
Vermont Commandery, No. 4, of Knights Templars.
Conclaves fourth Wednesday of each month. Sir HI. D. Stone, Em- inent Commander; Sir M. K. Paine, Generalissimo ; Sir L. C. Park -. hurst, Captain General ; Sir J. S. Farnsworth, Prelate; Sir M. O. Fer- kins, Senior Warden : Sir D. A. Barnard, Junior Warden ; Sir C. J. Jones, Treasurer and Recorder ; Sir H. F. Thompson, Standard Bearer ; Sir G. W. Thurston, Sword Bearer ; Sir F. L. Morse, Warder; Sir L. O. Williams, Sir D. S. Willard, and Sir C. W. Pease, Captains of the Guard; Sir P. K. Whitney, Sentinel.
Windsor Chapter.
J. S. Farnsworth, I. P .: L. C. Parkhurst, K .; 1I. D. Stone. S .; O. J. Jones, Secretary and Treasurer : J. N. Gilman, C. H .; M. O. Per- kins, P. S .: D. O. Williams, R. A. C .; F. L. Morse, M. 3d V .; G. W. Thurston, M. 2d V .; HI. F. Thompson, M. Ist V .; S. R. Stocker, Mar- shal ; P. K. Whitney, Tyler.
Windsor Council.
Convocations first Friday in each month. G. W. Thurston, Thrice III. G. M .; H. D. Stone, Right IN. G. M .: J. S. Farnsworth, INI. G. M .; C. J. Jones, Treas. and Recorder; J. C. Parkhurst, C. General ; L. O. Williams, P. C .; W. H. Perkins, G. S .; M. O. Perkins, Marshal; P. K. Whitney, Sentinel.
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De Molay Conclave No. 2, Knights of the Red Cross of Con- stantine and appendant orders.
M. K. Paine, M. P. Sovereign ; J. S. Farnsworth, Viceroy ; J. C. Paine, S. General ; E. D. Sabine, J. General ; D. S. Willard, H. Pre- late; S. R. Stocker, Treasurer ; A. I. Pease, Prefect ; Wilson Britton, Standard Bearer ; C. W. Pease, Herald; P. K. Whitney, Sentinel.
Windsor Lodge of Perfection.
Meetings last Friday of each month. M. K. Paine, 32', T .:. P ... G ... M. ..; H. C. Philips, 16°, D .. G ... M ...; M. O. Perkins, 32º, V ... S ... G .. W ...; Henry Poor, 162, V .. J .. G .. W .:; E. F. Spaulding, 14°, G .. K. . S. ..; C. J. Jones, 162, G. .. Treasurer; H. P. McClary, 14°, G .. Secretary ; F. L. Morse, 14º, G. . Orator; J. S. Farnsworth, 32°, G .. M .:. C .:.; E. J. Shattuck, 14º, G .. C .. G ...: G. W. Cressy, G. . Hospitaler ; A. A. Martin, G. . Organist; P. K. Whitney, 14º, G. .. Tyler.
GRANGERS.
R. M. Cole, Master ; J. B. Spencer, Overseer ; Eugine Robinson, Steward; L. M. Perkins. Assistant Steward ; W. H. H. Walker, Secre- tary ; Ed. Hoisington, Treasurer ; Levi Bunnell, Chaplain : Lyons Kimball, Lecturer ; Mrs. R. M. Cole, Ceres ; Mrs. Levi Bunnell, Pomo.+ na ; Mrs. Fletcher, Flora ; Mrs. W. H. H. Walker, Lady Asst. Steward.
SOVEREIGNS. OF INDUSTRY.
G. W. Cressy. President ; M. L. Perham, Vice-President ; Henty Paul, Secretary ; Louis Hiland, Treasurer ; James Dudley, Fred Ladd, Stewards.
ASCUTNEY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
C. H. Dudley, President ; J. B. Farnsworth, Secretary ; C. J. Jones, Treasurer ; Hiram Harlow, C. T. Fay, S. L. Lawrence, James Walker, J. N. Gilman, Alfred Hall. E. L. Woodward, Geo. D. Kenyon, E. R. Shedd, Director :. This Park is near the old Capt. Wait place.
VIU .- ITS REAL ESTATE OWNERS.
Henry W. Adams, Elam Alden, A. G. Amsden, Rollin Amsden. Ascutney Agricultural Association. Libbeus HI. Austin, Mrs. Almira Austin, F. R. Bag- Jey, John F. Bailey. Z. Barber and son, Barnard & Williams, Mrs. Flora Bar- boo, Alex Barboo, Joseph Bean, Charles F. Billings, Darwin G. & H. G. Bil- lings, Darwin G. Billings, Nelson Bishop's estate, Mrs. Mary M. Bixby, Hatt- well Bond, Mrs. Caroline P. Bowen, Mrs. L. P. Bowen, J. H. Boyd, Mrs. Abbie Butler, Thomas Brady and wife, Patrick Brancy, Mrs. Isabella S. Bridge, Edward Brown, Nathan Brown, Danforth Brown. D. P. Bryant. R. R. & H. B. Buckman, Twing Buchman's estate, Levi Bunnell, Mrs. C. C. Burbank, Mrs. C. R. Burnham and Mra. B. L. Driver. Bradley Burr, Win. H. Butman, Mrs. Sarah A. Butman, Franklin Butler and Mrs. H. B. Coolidge, Loren B. Cabot, Henry B. Cady. Lyman Cady's catat3, Mrs. Sarah A. Cady. Willis G. Cady, Mrs. Parker Carr and C. L. Nims, Vermont Central Railroad Company, Gco. E. Chase, Wm. P. Cheney, Ripley Clark and wife, Ephraim Cleveland and wife, John Clifford, Robert C. Coats, Henry M. Corts, Coats & Carr. William Coats, Peter Coil. Alvan Colby, Rufus M. Cole. Ellen Conley, Frederick D. Conant. Cornish Bridge Company, Geo. H. Corliss, Charles A. Covel, Thom- ar Creeley, John Creeley, Mrs. A. Creeley, C. B. Cross, C. B. Cross and I. P. Cummings, Patrick Culligan, Ellen HI. Dailey, Luther Damon's estate, Wm. F. Damon, trustee ; Aaron Damon, Mrs. H. G. Damon, Geo. F. Davis and wife, Daniel H. Davis, Aseph F. Donoghue, Mrs. M. B. Donoghue, Mrs. Mary E. Dudley, Allen Du lley, Charles H. Dudley, John Duff, Cyrus Dunlap's estate,
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Mrs. Jane Duucklse. W. H. & C. O. Durkee, Mis. Helen G. Edminster, James A. Edminster's estate, Ryland F. Ely. Elias Ellis and wife, Laura Emerson, William M. Evarts, Horace Everett, J. B. Farnsworth, J. H. Farnsworth, J. S. Farnsworth, Mrs. Mary A. Farnsworth, Collamer T. Fay, Levi C. Fay, L. C. Fay & sons, Mrs. Lucia Field, Charles HI. Fitch, Benjamin Fletcher's es- tate, Benjamin Floyd, Jolin Fowler and wife, John T. Freeman, Mrs. M. E. Fullerton, Patrick Gaffney, Patrick Gallagher, Mrs. Jane Gallagher, Jane and Laura Gallup, Mrs. Esther Gates, Mrs. Susan Gay, Mrs. Rosina George. An- na E. Green, Wells G. Hadley, Alfred Hall, Nathan G. Hale, Harlow & White, Hiram Harlow, Mrs. Marietta Harris, A. W. Harlow, Zenas Hastings, Ann T. Hastings. Jo D. Hlatch, Frances F. Hatch. Wm. T. Hawley, Mrs. Charles Hawley, F. A. Hawley, Zebina Hawley's estate, Stiles & Hazen, C. D. Hazen, Mary A. Hayes, Nancy Henry, Mary Herrick, Wm. H. Heywood, Richard G. Hickson. V. C. Hodgman, David H. Hoisington, JJames E. Hoisington, M. I. Horton and wife, Mrs. Lucy P. Houghton, Allen E. Houghton, Joel S. Hough- ton, K. R. & H. A. Howard, Alvin Howe, Charles Hoyt, Marvin C. Hubbard, . Mrs. Sarah A. Hubbard, I W. Hubbard's estate. Sarah A. Hubbard and oth- ers, Mary B. Huggins and Harriet Ruggles, Mary B. Huggins, Mrs. Joanna Huntley, David Hunter, Henry C. Ingalls, Peter Jarvis, Frederick A. John- son, Russell L. Jones, Jones, Lamson & Co., Elton P. Kendall, Cassius D. Kimball, S. U. King, Wm. H. Kelsey, Wm. Lacy, E. G. Lameon and wife, Mrs. Martha W. Lamson, E. G. Lamson, Austin Lamberton, W. H. Lamberton. Mrs. Sarah Lamson, Julius Lamb, Mrs. A. J. Lawrence, Sophia and Angie . Lawrence. Samuel L. Lawrence, Adolphus Laundry. Francis Laundry, Chas. LeClaire, Wm. H. Lemmex's estate. Morris Lull, Charles I. Lumbard. Jew- ett Mann and wife, Willard Mansfield, D. T. Martin. H. L. Marcy, Winthrop Marcy, Mrs. Mary Mather, Michael McCarty, Joseph McClinton, Frank and Ed McCue, David MeIndoe, L. J. MeIndoe's estate, Preston Merrifield's es- tate, Samuel Merrill, Elizabeth Merrill's estate, Goo. Milliken aud wife, Har- vey Miller. trustee ; Harvey Miller, Saloma Moore, David Moore and wife, Elizabeth Moran, David Morrison, S. A. G. Mower, Chas E. Mower, Joel Nason. Harriet Newman. Thomas O'Brien and wife, Milton K. Paine, Lewis Patrick, Patrick & Gilman, E. L. Patrick. O. L. Patrick, N. W. Patrick, Ad- die J. Parker, L. C. Parkhurst, Henry S. Paul. M. B. and N. E. E. Perkins, Mrs. Paulina Perkins. John Pettes' estate, Wm R. Pettes, Daniel Phalon and wife. Edward E. Phelps, Mary A. Phelps, Joseph Pequoid, Mrs. Sarah G. Plumb, Mrs. Josephine H. Pollard, Henry Poor and wife, Calvin Pomeroy, John Pomeroy. E. F. Raulett, Eugene P. Robinson and wife, Daniel L. Ray, Wm. Robinson, Chittenden Rossiter, Edgar M. Ruggles and wife, Cyrus F. Ruggles, Milton Ruggles, Sylvester Russell, Wm. H. Sabine, Lonisa M. Sa- bine, Mrs. Julia A. Sabine, Daniel Savage, Geo. F. Savage and wife, Ira B. Savage, Thomas Sears, Edmund Shattuck's estate, Tifus V. Shepherd's heirs, Mrs. Louisa Silver, E. J. Silver and wife, Jebiel H. Simonds, Joshua S. Si- monds and wife, Parry C. Skinner, Wm. HI. Skinner, Simonds and Skinner, Zenas Small, Mrs. M. M. Smith, Abial Spaulding, Mrs. A. T. Spaulding, Eli- sha Spaulding and wife. J. B. Spencer, Samuel R. Stocker, Samuel N. Stone, Henry D. Stone, Samuel Stone, Paschal P. Story, Henry L. Story, E. W. Stoughton, Daniel Stearns, Jason Steele, E. S. Stevens, Mrs. Elvira Stevens, Wentworth Stuart and wife, E. P. Skinner, James Stone, Mrs. Jane C. Smith, Louisa F. Temple, Mrs. Adolphins Tenney, T. D. Tenney, Arlin Thompson. Henry B. Thompson and wife, Harrison F. Thompson, Calvin Thompson. Ransom Thomas, Otis Thomas, J. W. Thompson. Geo. W. Thurston, W. H. Tupper, Mrs. Sarah Tuxbury and others, Dwight Tuxbury, trustee : Dwight Tuxbury, John Vaughan, G. L. Walker, W. H. H. Walker, H. Wardner, Geo. Wardner. trustee: A. Wardner, Mrs. Louisa Ware, A. C. Webb, R. M. Weston. Horace Weston, Cyrus Wheeler, Mrs. E. Whitcomb and others. P. K. Whit- ney, Chester H. Whito, Mrs. Sarah J. White, C. W. Whitaker, Geo. T. Whit- ton, Geo. P. Williams. John Willis, T. B. Winn and Mrs. Savage, T. B. Win, James Winn, Windsor Gaslight Company, Windsor Manufacturing Company, Windsor Savings Bank, Geo. A. Wood, Cullen Woodruff, Hattie and Fred York, and Ira J. Young. Total Grand List for State taxes, $7,757.26.
The Charter of Celindsor.
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GRANTED BY NEW YORK, MARCH 28, 1772.
The township of Windsor was formed under a Charter granted by the Province of New Hampshire, to SAMUEL ASHLEY and fifty- eight others, July 6, 1761. It was re-chartered by the Province of New-York in 1772. The following is a verbatim copy of the latter charter :-
George the Third. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, De- fender of the Faith, and so forth : TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING.
Whereas, our province of New York, in America, hath, ever since the grant thereof to James as Duke of York, been abutted and bounded to the east in part by the west bank or side of Connecticut river ; and, whereas, of late years, great part of our said province lying to the westward of the same jiv- er, hath, nevertheless, been pretended to be granted by divers instruments under the great seal of the province of New Hampshire, as though the same lands had there belonged to and were within the bounds and limits of the province of New Hampshire, and within the powers and jurisdiction of the government thereof ; and, whereas, among others, the tract of land by there presents hereinafter granted, part of our said province of New York, as aforesaid, hath been so pretended to be granted and to be erected into a township of the said province of New Hampshire, by the name of Wind- sor ; and, whereas, our loving subjects, Zedekiah Stone, Nathan Stone, and David Stone, the same in behalf of themselves and twenty other persons, by their humble petition presented unto our trusty and well-beloved Cadwaller Colden, Esquire, our Lieutenant-Governor, and then our commander-in-chief of our said province of New York and read in our council for our said province of New York, on the twenty-ninth day of October, which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, set forth among other
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